Improvement in cistern influx-regulators



No. 105,396. APATENTE) JUN/12, 1870.

A. J. GGNNEB.

.GISTERN INPLUX REGULATOR.'

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Letters Patent No. 105,306, dated July 12, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! the name.

To all lwhom. 'it mtl-y concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW JAcKsoN Consult,

' of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky,- have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oistern-1tegulator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in means for regulating the iow of water from the roofs of buildings to a cistem and reservoir, and consists in a shifting spout andin an arrangement for automatically operating and shifting it, whereby the direction of thewat'er is changed, as will he hereinafter more fully described.

The accompanying drawing represents vertical section of the arrangement.

-Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

' 'A is the receiving vessel, within which the` shifting spout is placed.

Bis the shitting spout. v'.llhis spout receives the water from the pipe O.

D is a. reservoir placed lbeneath the `vessel A, inf

which there isa iloat, E, which is'attached to the sluiting spout by the chain F. A

The float E, when unsupported bywater in the reservoir, holds the shifting spout in the position seen in the drawing, or ready set for rain.

.lhe water falls upon the spout B, and more or less of it passes' oi through the waste-pipe G, but a por-v vtion finds its way into the reservoir D, through the pipe H, which causes'the `float E to rise.- This relleves the shifting spout of its weight, and when this Patent- 1. A vibrating double spout, B, arranged centrally beneath a. water-inlet pipe; C, and on a vertical support, R, so asto admit of 'being tipped to throw the takes place the weight I on the other end of the shifting spout draws that end of the spout down, which changes the Vdirection of theywater, and causes it to run into the cistern J through the pipe K.' L is a pipe for conducting a small stream of water into the-reservoir D, so asto keepithe float E at the highest'point or near the top of the reservoir.

M is a siphon by which water is conducted from the reservoir.

When the cistcrn J becomes full enough, the float N in the cistern rises and causes t e rod O, to which it is attached, to strike the spout and tip it back to its 'former position'. f

P is a guide for the end of the float-rod O.

It is a partition in the vessel A', upon the top of which the shifteuspout B is pivoted,so that it is free to turn in either direction, according as it is governed by the rise ofithewater in the reservoir and eisten-n.4

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to-secure by-Lettcrs water on either side thereof, in the manner set forth,

2. Vibrating the double spout B by means of the float E, chain F, weight l, lioat N,J .and rod O, as set forth, so that the'rise of water in cylinder D will enable weightI toturn the spout toward reservoir J, while the rise of the water in lsaid reservoir will thenfcausc rod O to hold up the spout so as to throw the water into the waste-pipe G, all as shown and described.

- A. J. CONNER.

Witnesses:

J ons T. HANCOCK, Joux KAMNEVER. 

